![]() ![]() This year, in the early morning of July 26, around the same time as the attacks were launched, a limited number of citizens, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, paid tribute to the heroes and martyrs of the attacks at the Santa Ifigenia Patrimonial Cemetery. Although the attacks were unsuccessful, the rebellion marked the beginning of the Cuban revolution and laid the foundation for the anti-imperialist movement that eventually defeated Batista’s military dictatorship on January 1, 1959. The attacks were launched with the aim of securing the barracks, seizing the arms there, and taking forward their movement to overthrow the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. On this day in 1953, Commander Fidel Castro with over a hundred young revolutionaries attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba, while another group of revolutionaries attacked the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes military garrison in Bayamo. This July 26 marked the 68th anniversary of Cuba’s National Rebellion Day. ![]()
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